UR Volleyball bested SUNY Brockport 3-1 and swept SUNY Geneseo 3-0 Saturday in the Palestra en route to an immaculate 3-0 2024 UR Volleyball invitational record.
UR and SUNY Brockport battled back and forth during the first set, with Rochester coming out on top 25-23 after rallying from being down 20-22.
SUNY Brockport stifled a 7-0 UR run in the second set to win 25-20.
In the third, UR came back from the brink of defeat to beat their opponent 26-24, with the final kills courtesy of junior Caroline Hoag (#6), junior Rylee Bergeron (#11), and sophomore Ashley Cook (#3).
UR won the match in the fourth set by a score of 25-17.
Bergeron led the Yellowjackets with 14 kills during the match, followed by sophomore Myla Nover-Estes’s 11 (#10), and Cook’s 10.
UR dominated SUNY Geneseo in the first set 25-13, finishing the set with three straight kills from Cook and Hoag.
The Yellowjackets quickly finished the next set, outscoring Geneseo 25-14. Cook and Hoag would again provide the final kills.
Although Geneseo jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the third set, UR recovered with four straight points, although they would then drop four more. Then, the Yellowjackets scored five straight. The two teams traded scores until Rochester was down to their final point, 24-23. After two errors, sophomore McKenzie McDonald (#9) finished the match with a service ace.
Nover-Estes led the Yellowjackets with 11 kills in the match, followed by Cook with 10, and Hoag with nine.
Senior Alexia Nelms (#16) and Hoag were both selected to the All-Tournament team for their play.
UR will next play an away match versus the Nazareth Golden Flyers on Wednesday.
